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Online gambling company dealt $24M penalty for illegal poker
An illegal online poker company, its director and a promoter of its service have been hit with a combined $24 million in penalties, with a judge doubling the penalty ACMA recommended against the promoter. 
Parliamentary privilege bars Hansard in Fair Work bias challenge: court
The Full Federal Court has found Hansard extracts are inadmissible in Tesa Group's judicial review challenge to Fair Work Commission Deputy President and former Labor MP Terri Butler's refusal to recuse herself from the mining company's 'same job, same pay' cases.
Judge worries about overworked lawyers in Work for Dole class action
A judge who is overseeing a class action over the government's Work for Dole program has warned against overworking lawyers after the applicant pushed for more efficient discovery.
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Enviro group loses injunction bid over NT savanna bulldozing plans
An activist group can't block the owners of Claravale Station from clearing almost 3,000 hectares of savanna in the Northern Territory, with a judge finding it would be difficult to prove the government’s decision was legally unreasonable.
Court finds proof: Peru wins appeal battle to trademark Pisco
The government of Peru has won its appeal against an Australian Trade Mark Office decision that rejected its bid to trademark the alcoholic spirit pisco.
‘It’s the principle’: Judge says funding should have been disclosed in detention class action
A judge has said a funding agreement in a class action on behalf of former detainees of two South Australian immigration detention centres that has settled for $28 million should have been disclosed to the court. 
High Court rules unpaid present entitlements not loans, in loss for ATO
The High Court has found that an unpaid present entitlement to a corporate beneficiary is not a loan under tax law, tossing an appeal by the ATO.
Tax office appeals win for Shell over $99M in capital gains tax
The Australian Tax Office is challenging a decision for Shell over a $99 million capital gains assessment in the energy giant's sale of its Woodside stake.
Optus class action can intervene in ACMA, OAIC proceedings
A class action against Optus over a 2022 data breach that affected 10 million customers has won leave to intervene in parallel cases by the media authority and information commissioner.
Amazon taken to court over alleged missing button battery warnings
In the first suit of its kind, the ACCC has taken Amazon Australia to court, alleging children’s backpacks for sale on its online marketplace through a third-party seller do not comply with mandatory button battery rules.